Headers of simulations Let's use ESO-style FITS headers to manage our simulations. For example ESO's OBServing block definition to index our simulations. A set of consecutive simulated images with a single simulations set up is then a single OBS. We should use the appropriate fields to store full simulation configuration. Some things are anticipated to come in handy at later stage, for now we can fill in 'TBD' for strings or -99 for integers in those cases. SIMPLE = T / conforms to FITS standard BITPIX = -32 / Bits per pixel NAXIS = 2 / File dimension NAXIS1 = whatitis / Size in x NAXIS2 = whatitis / Size in y ORIGIN = 'NOVA ' / European Southern Observatory DATAMD5 = '5ff918b0d194961e6b575ebb76cb856b' / MD5 checksum COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H DATE = '2010-11-16T01:06:35' / Date this file was written TELESCOP= 'E-ELT' / ESO Telescope Name INSTRUME= 'MICADO ' / Instrument used. OBJECT = 'NOVA-SIM1 ' / Original target. RA = 150.00 / 10:00:00.0 RA (J2000) pointing (deg) DEC = -30.00000 / -30:00:00.0 DEC (J2000) pointing (deg) EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Standard FK5 (years) RADECSYS= 'FK5 ' / Coordinate reference frame EXPTIME = 10.0 / Corrected to ndit = 1 MJD-OBS = 55516.04624834 / Obs start DATE-OBS= '2010-11-16T01:06:35' / Observing date UTC = 3994.0 / 01:06:34.000 UTC at start (sec) LST = 300.578 / 00:05:00.578 LST at start (sec) PI-COI = 'NOVA ' / PI-COI name. OBSERVER= 'NOVA ' / Name of observer. ORIGFILE= 'MICADO_IMG_OBS320_0013.fits' / Original File Name: put what Remko gives to it. HIERARCH ESO DET DIT = 10.0 / Integration Time HIERARCH ESO DET NDIT = 6 / # of Sub-Integrations HIERARCH ESO DPR CATG = 'SCIENCE ' / Observation category HIERARCH ESO DPR TECH = 'IMAGE' / Observation technique HIERARCH ESO DPR TYPE = 'OBJECT ' / Observation type HIERARCH ESO INS FILT1 FOCUS = 0.0 / Filter focus offset [mm] HIERARCH ESO INS FILT1 NAME = 'MICADO-Ks ' / Filter name HIERARCH ESO INS FILT1 TRAYID = 'NOVA-Ks-0001' / Filter tray ID HIERARCH ESO INS ID = 'MICADO' / Instrument ID HIERARCH ESO OBS GRP = '0 ' / linked blocks HIERARCH ESO OBS ID = 1 / Observation block ID HIERARCH ESO OBS NAME = 'NOVA-SIM1' / OB name HIERARCH ESO OBS OBSERVER = 'NOVA ' / Observer Name HIERARCH ESO OBS PI-COI ID = -99 / ESO internal PI-COI ID HIERARCH ESO OBS PI-COI NAME = 'NOVA ' / PI-COI name HIERARCH ESO OBS PROG ID = '-99' / ESO program identification HIERARCH ESO OBS START = '2010-11-16T00:45:15' / OB start time HIERARCH ESO OBS STREHLRATIO = 0.0 / Requested strehl ratio HIERARCH ESO OBS TARG NAME = 'NOVA-SIM1 ' / OB target name HIERARCH ESO OBS TPLNO = 1 / Template number within OB HIERARCH ESO OBS TWILIGHT = -20 / Requested twilight HIERARCH ESO OBS WATERVAPOUR = 0.0 / Requested water vapour HIERARCH ESO TEL ABSROT END = -114.622838 / Abs rotator angle at end HIERARCH ESO TEL ABSROT START = -114.972221 / Abs rotator angle at start HIERARCH ESO TEL AIRM END = 1.082 / Airmass at end HIERARCH ESO TEL AIRM START = 1.08 / Airmass at start HIERARCH ESO TEL ALT = 67.77 / Alt angle at start (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI FWHM END = 0.96 / Observatory Seeing queried from AS HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI FWHM START = 0.84 / Observatory Seeing queried from AS HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI PRES END = 738.4299999999999 / Observatory ambient air pre HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI PRES START = 738.4299999999999 / Observatory ambient air p HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI RHUM = 4.0 / Observatory ambient relative humi HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI TAU0 = 0.002081 / Average coherence time HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI TEMP = 12.33 / Observatory ambient temperature qu HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI WINDDIR = 94.0 / Observatory ambient wind directio HIERARCH ESO TEL AMBI WINDSP = 3.84 / Observatory ambient wind speed que HIERARCH ESO TEL AO ALT = 67.57606699999999 / Altitude of last closed loop aO HIERARCH ESO TEL AO DATE = '2010-11-16T01:07:32' / Last closed loop aO HIERARCH ESO TEL AO M1 DATE = '2010-11-16T01:07:32' / Last M1 update HIERARCH ESO TEL AO M2 DATE = '2010-11-16T01:07:33' / Last M2 update HIERARCH ESO TEL AO MODES = 15 / Which aO modes corrected closed lo HIERARCH ESO TEL AZ = 61.303 / Az angle at start (deg) S=0,W=90 HIERARCH ESO TEL DATE = 'not set ' / TCS installation date HIERARCH ESO TEL DID = 'ESO-VLT-DIC.TCS-01.00' / Data dictionary for TEL HIERARCH ESO TEL DID1 = 'ESO-VLT-DIC.VTCS-0.2' / Additional data dict. fo HIERARCH ESO TEL DOME STATUS = 'FULLY-OPEN' / Dome status HIERARCH ESO TEL ECS FLATFIELD = 0 / Flat field level HIERARCH ESO TEL ECS MOONSCR = 0.58 / Moon screen position HIERARCH ESO TEL ECS VENT1 = 0.0 / State of vent i HIERARCH ESO TEL ECS VENT2 = 0.0 / State of vent i HIERARCH ESO TEL ECS VENT3 = 0.0 / State of vent i HIERARCH ESO TEL ECS WINDSCR = 1.0 / Wind screen position HIERARCH ESO TEL FOCU VALUE = 2.758 / M2 setting (mm) HIERARCH ESO TEL GEOELEV = 2530.0 / Elevation above sea level (m) HIERARCH ESO TEL GEOLAT = -24.6157 / Tel geo latitute (+=North) (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL GEOLON = -70.3976 / Tel geo longitude (+=East) (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID DEC = -34.18679 / Guide star DEC J2000 HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID FWHM = 1.29 / Seeing measured by autoguider HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID ID = 'NY ' / Guider ID HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID MAG = 14.4 / Magnitude of guide star HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID PEAKINT = 0.0 / Peak intensity of guide star HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID RA = 337.909292 / Guide star RA J2000 HIERARCH ESO TEL GUID STATUS = 'ON ' / Status of autoguider HIERARCH ESO TEL ID = 'v 0.122 ' / TCS version number HIERARCH ESO TEL M2 ACENTRE = -77.58 / M2 centring alpha HIERARCH ESO TEL M2 ATILT = 202.41 / M2 tilt alpha HIERARCH ESO TEL M2 BCENTRE = 97.81999999999999 / M2 centring beta HIERARCH ESO TEL M2 BTILT = -17.94 / M2 tilt beta HIERARCH ESO TEL M2 Z = 2.75832 / Focussing position of M2 in Z coor HIERARCH ESO TEL MOON DEC = 0.68186 / 00:40:54.6 DEC (J2000) (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL MOON RA = 347.849522 / 23:11:23.8 RA (J2000) (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL OPER = 'Operator name not set' / Telescope Operator HIERARCH ESO TEL PARANG END = 73.169 / Parallactic angle at end (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL PARANG START = 72.825 / Parallactic angle at start (deg) HIERARCH ESO TEL POSANG = -0.061 / Rot position angle at start HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG ALPHA = 223038.519 / Alpha coordinate for the target HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG COORDTYPE = 'M ' / Coordinate type (M=mean A=apparen HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG DELTA = -332829.436 / Delta coordinate for the target HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG EPOCH = 2000.0 / Epoch HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG EPOCHSYSTEM = 'J ' / Epoch system (default J=Julian) HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG PARALLAX = 0.0 / Parallax HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG PMA = 0.0 / Proper Motion Alpha HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG PMD = 0.0 / Proper motion Delta HIERARCH ESO TEL TARG RADVEL = 0.0 / Radial velocity HIERARCH ESO TEL TH M1 TEMP = 12.4 / M1 superficial temperature HIERARCH ESO TEL TH STR TEMP = 11.99 / Telescope structure temperature HIERARCH ESO TEL TRAK STATUS = 'NORMAL ' / Tracking status HIERARCH ESO TPL DID = 'ESO-VLT-DIC.TPL-1.9' / Data dictionary for TPL HIERARCH ESO TPL EXPNO = 1 / Exposure number within template HIERARCH ESO TPL FILE DIRNAME = '$INS_ROOT/$INS_USER/MISC/VISTA' / Storage filen HIERARCH ESO TPL ID = 'VIRCAM_img_obs_tile6' / Template signature ID HIERARCH ESO TPL NAME = 'VIRCAM tile 6 observation' / Template name HIERARCH ESO TPL NEXP = 24 / Number of exposures within templat HIERARCH ESO TPL PRESEQ = 'VIRCAM_img_obs_tile.seq' / Sequencer script HIERARCH ESO TPL START = '2010-11-16T01:05:48' / TPL start time HIERARCH ESO TPL VERSION = '$Revision: 1.55 $' / Version of the template JITTER_I= 1 / Sequence number of jitter JITTER_X= -3.66 / X offset in jitter pattern [arcsec] JITTER_Y= 13.66 / Y offset in jitter pattern [arcsec] JITTRNUM= 13 / Value of 1st OBSNUM in jitter seq JITTR_ID= 'Jitter4u' / Name of jitter pattern NJITTER = 4 / Number of jitter positions NOFFSETS= 6 / Number of offset positions NUSTEP = 1 / Number of microstep positions OBSNUM = 13 / Observation number OFFSET_I= 1 / Sequence number of offset OFFSET_X= -329.779 / X offset [arcsec] OFFSET_Y= -329.779 / Y offset [arcsec] OFFSTNUM= 13 / First OBSNUM in offset sequence OFFST_ID= 'Tile6n ' / Name of offset pattern RECIPE = 'DEFAULT ' / Data reduction recipe to be used REQTIME = 10.0 / Requested integration time [s] USTEPNUM= 13 / Value of 1st OBSNUM in ustep seq USTEP_I = 1 / Sequence number of ustep USTEP_ID= 'Single ' / Name of ustep pattern USTEP_X = 0.0 / X offset in ustep pattern [arcsec] USTEP_Y = 0.0 / Y offset in ustep pattern [arcsec] ARCFILE = 'VCAM.2010-11-16T01:06:35.857.fits' / Archive File Name PREVIEWV= '$Id: preview,v 1.34 2010-09-28 12:24:35 jim Exp $' / Version of previ SOFTVERS= '$Revision: 1.139 $' / CIRDR Version SOFTDATE= '$Date: 2010-11-01 12:17:06 $' / CIRDR release date SOFTAUTH= 'Jim Lewis ' / Contact for bug reports SOFTINST= 'CASU: http://casu.ast.cam.ac.uk' / CASU URL CTYPE1 = 'RA---TAN' CTYPE2 = 'DEC--TAN' CRVAL1 = 337.774015304935 CRVAL2 = -33.3881957868536 CRPIX1 = 6397.999 CRPIX2 = 7839.979 CD1_1 = 5.41370244859006E-08 CD1_2 = 9.47757518325255E-05 CD2_1 = -9.4770309189073E-05 CD2_2 = 1.26669530122766E-07 DRIBBLE = 'bilinear' / Interpolation method SEEING = 2.600176 / Average FWHM (pixels) ELLIPTIC= 0.04671675 / Average stellar ellipticity (1-b/a) PERCORR = 0.0 / Percentage sky correction MAGZPT = 23.033 / Photometric ZP (mags) for default extinction MAGZRR = 0.01 / Photometric ZP error (mags) EXTINCT = 0.05 / Extinction coefficient (mags) NUMZPT = 1068 / Number of standards used in ZP calculation NIGHTZPT= 23.015 / Average photometric ZP (mags) for night NIGHTZRR= 0.01 / Photometric ZP sigma for night (mags) NIGHTNUM= 38 / Number of ZP used in band for night OBSTATUS= 'Completed' / ESO OB status ESOGRADE= 'B ' / ESO grade CHIP_ID = 'MICADO-CHIP1' TEL_LAT = -24.6157 TEL_LONG= -70.3976 TEL_ELEV= 2530.0 TEL_ZONE= 4.0 PRSCX = 0 PRSCY = 0 OVSCX = 0 OVSCY = 0 PRSCXPRE= 0 PRSCYPRE= 0 OVSCXPRE= 0 OVSCYPRE= 0 PRSCXPST= 0 PRSCYPST= 0 OVSCXPST= 0 OVSCYPST= 0 CHIPORNT= 1 FILT_ID = 'MICADO-Ks' OBS_ID = 507435 OBS_DID = 'ESO-VLT-DIC.OBS-1.11' OBS_GRP = '0 ' OBS_NAME= 'MICADO-SIM1' OBS_PID = '179.A-2004(C)' OBS_STRT= '2010-11-16T00:45:15' TPL_CATG= 'SCIENCE ' TPL_DID = 'NOVA-ELT-DIC.TPL-1.9' TPL_NEXP= 24 TPL_ID = 'MICADO_img_obs_tile6' TPL_INDX= 3 TPL_NAME= 'MICADO-SIM-observation' TPL_SEQ = 'MICADO-SIM-seq' TPL_STRT= '2010-11-16T01:05:48' TPL_STGY= 'Unknown ' TPL_TECH= 'IMAGE,JITTER' TPL_TYPE= 'OBJECT ' TPL_VERS= '$Revision: 0.0 $' AIRMEND = 1.0 AIRMSTRT= 1.0 CREADATE= '2013-10-30T17:18:53.000' END